Convolutional Neural Networks

Project: Write an Algorithm for a Dog Identification App


In this notebook, some template code has already been provided for you, and you will need to implement additional functionality to successfully complete this project. You will not need to modify the included code beyond what is requested. Sections that begin with '(IMPLEMENTATION)' in the header indicate that the following block of code will require additional functionality which you must provide. Instructions will be provided for each section, and the specifics of the implementation are marked in the code block with a 'TODO' statement. Please be sure to read the instructions carefully!

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In addition to implementing code, there will be questions that you must answer which relate to the project and your implementation. Each section where you will answer a question is preceded by a 'Question X' header. Carefully read each question and provide thorough answers in the following text boxes that begin with 'Answer:'. Your project submission will be evaluated based on your answers to each of the questions and the implementation you provide.

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The rubric contains optional "Stand Out Suggestions" for enhancing the project beyond the minimum requirements. If you decide to pursue the "Stand Out Suggestions", you should include the code in this Jupyter notebook.


Why We're Here

In this notebook, you will make the first steps towards developing an algorithm that could be used as part of a mobile or web app. At the end of this project, your code will accept any user-supplied image as input. If a dog is detected in the image, it will provide an estimate of the dog's breed. If a human is detected, it will provide an estimate of the dog breed that is most resembling. The image below displays potential sample output of your finished project (... but we expect that each student's algorithm will behave differently!).

Sample Dog Output

In this real-world setting, you will need to piece together a series of models to perform different tasks; for instance, the algorithm that detects humans in an image will be different from the CNN that infers dog breed. There are many points of possible failure, and no perfect algorithm exists. Your imperfect solution will nonetheless create a fun user experience!

The Road Ahead

We break the notebook into separate steps. Feel free to use the links below to navigate the notebook.

  • Step 0: Import Datasets
  • Step 1: Detect Humans
  • Step 2: Detect Dogs
  • Step 3: Create a CNN to Classify Dog Breeds (from Scratch)
  • Step 4: Create a CNN to Classify Dog Breeds (using Transfer Learning)
  • Step 5: Write your Algorithm
  • Step 6: Test Your Algorithm

Step 0: Import Datasets

Make sure that you've downloaded the required human and dog datasets:

Note: if you are using the Udacity workspace, you DO NOT need to re-download these - they can be found in the /data folder as noted in the cell below.

  • Download the dog dataset. Unzip the folder and place it in this project's home directory, at the location /dog_images.

  • Download the human dataset. Unzip the folder and place it in the home directory, at location /lfw.

Note: If you are using a Windows machine, you are encouraged to use 7zip to extract the folder.

In the code cell below, we save the file paths for both the human (LFW) dataset and dog dataset in the numpy arrays human_files and dog_files.

In [23]:
import numpy as np
from glob import glob

# load filenames for human and dog images
human_files = np.array(glob("/Users/jana/Documents/Deep_Learning_Udacity_Nanodegree/dog_app/lfw/*/*"))
dog_files = np.array(glob("/Users/jana/Documents/Deep_Learning_Udacity_Nanodegree/dog_app/dogImages/*/*/*"))

# print number of images in each dataset
print('There are %d total human images.' % len(human_files))
print('There are %d total dog images.' % len(dog_files))
There are 13233 total human images.
There are 8351 total dog images.

Step 1: Detect Humans

In this section, we use OpenCV's implementation of Haar feature-based cascade classifiers to detect human faces in images.

OpenCV provides many pre-trained face detectors, stored as XML files on github. We have downloaded one of these detectors and stored it in the haarcascades directory. In the next code cell, we demonstrate how to use this detector to find human faces in a sample image.

In [24]:
import cv2                
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt                        
%matplotlib inline                               

# extract pre-trained face detector
face_cascade = cv2.CascadeClassifier('haarcascades/haarcascade_frontalface_alt.xml')

# load color (BGR) image
img = cv2.imread(human_files[0])
# convert BGR image to grayscale
gray = cv2.cvtColor(img, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)

# find faces in image
faces = face_cascade.detectMultiScale(gray)

# print number of faces detected in the image
print('Number of faces detected:', len(faces))

# get bounding box for each detected face
for (x,y,w,h) in faces:
    # add bounding box to color image
    cv2.rectangle(img,(x,y),(x+w,y+h),(255,0,0),2)
    
# convert BGR image to RGB for plotting
cv_rgb = cv2.cvtColor(img, cv2.COLOR_BGR2RGB)

# display the image, along with bounding box
plt.imshow(cv_rgb)
plt.show()
Number of faces detected: 1

Before using any of the face detectors, it is standard procedure to convert the images to grayscale. The detectMultiScale function executes the classifier stored in face_cascade and takes the grayscale image as a parameter.

In the above code, faces is a numpy array of detected faces, where each row corresponds to a detected face. Each detected face is a 1D array with four entries that specifies the bounding box of the detected face. The first two entries in the array (extracted in the above code as x and y) specify the horizontal and vertical positions of the top left corner of the bounding box. The last two entries in the array (extracted here as w and h) specify the width and height of the box.

Write a Human Face Detector

We can use this procedure to write a function that returns True if a human face is detected in an image and False otherwise. This function, aptly named face_detector, takes a string-valued file path to an image as input and appears in the code block below.

In [25]:
# returns "True" if face is detected in image stored at img_path
def face_detector(img_path):
    img = cv2.imread(img_path)
    gray = cv2.cvtColor(img, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
    faces = face_cascade.detectMultiScale(gray)
    return len(faces) > 0

(IMPLEMENTATION) Assess the Human Face Detector

Question 1: Use the code cell below to test the performance of the face_detector function.

  • What percentage of the first 100 images in human_files have a detected human face?
  • What percentage of the first 100 images in dog_files have a detected human face?

Ideally, we would like 100% of human images with a detected face and 0% of dog images with a detected face. You will see that our algorithm falls short of this goal, but still gives acceptable performance. We extract the file paths for the first 100 images from each of the datasets and store them in the numpy arrays human_files_short and dog_files_short.

Answer: (You can print out your results and/or write your percentages in this cell)

In [5]:
from tqdm import tqdm

human_files_short = human_files[:100]
dog_files_short = dog_files[:100]

#-#-# Do NOT modify the code above this line. #-#-#

## TODO: Test the performance of the face_detector algorithm 
## on the images in human_files_short and dog_files_short.
numberOfHumanFaces=0
numberOfDogFaces=0

for i in range(len(human_files_short)):
#for human_faces in human_files_short:
    if(face_detector(human_files_short[i])==True):
        numberOfHumanFaces += 1
        
    elif(face_detector(dog_files_short[i])):
        numberOfDogFaces+=1
    #print('Number of faces detected:', len(faces))
print(f"Number of Human Faces detected in Human Images: {numberOfHumanFaces}%")
print(f"Number of Human Faces detected in Dog Images: {numberOfDogFaces}%")
Number of Human Faces detected in Human Images: 98%
Number of Human Faces detected in Dog Images: 1%

We suggest the face detector from OpenCV as a potential way to detect human images in your algorithm, but you are free to explore other approaches, especially approaches that make use of deep learning :). Please use the code cell below to design and test your own face detection algorithm. If you decide to pursue this optional task, report performance on human_files_short and dog_files_short.

In [6]:
### (Optional) 
### TODO: Test performance of anotherface detection algorithm.
### Feel free to use as many code cells as needed.
lbp_face_cascade=cv2.CascadeClassifier('lbpcascade/lbpcascade_frontalface.xml')
img = cv2.imread(human_files[0])

gray = cv2.cvtColor(img, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
lbp_face_cascade = cv2.CascadeClassifier('lbpcascade/lbpcascade_frontalface_improved.xml')  

# find faces in image

#faces2 = face_cascade.detectMultiScale(gray)

#test= lbpcascade.load('lbpcascade_frontalface_improved.xml')

#faces = test.detectMultiScale(gray)
test2= face_cascade.load('/opencv/data/lbpcascades/lbpcascade_frontalface_improved.xml')
#print(test2)

# print number of faces detected in the image
print('Number of faces detected:', len(faces))

def face_detector_lbpcascade(img_path):
    img = cv2.imread(img_path)
    gray = cv2.cvtColor(img, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
    faces = lbp_face_cascade.detectMultiScale(gray)
    return len(faces) > 0
Number of faces detected: 1
In [22]:
numberOfHumanFacesNew=0
numberOfDogFacesNew=0

for i in range(len(human_files_short)):
#for human_faces in human_files_short:
    if(face_detector_lbpcascade(human_files_short[i])==True):
        numberOfHumanFacesNew += 1
        
    elif(face_detector_lbpcascade(dog_files_short[i])):
        numberOfDogFacesNew+=1
    #print('Number of faces detected:', len(faces))
print(f"Number of Human Faces detected in Human Images: {numberOfHumanFacesNew}%")
print(f"Number of Human Faces detected in Dog Images: {numberOfDogFacesNew}%")
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
error                                     Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-22-573228b37abc> in <module>()
      4 for i in range(len(human_files_short)):
      5 #for human_faces in human_files_short:
----> 6     if(face_detector_lbpcascade(human_files_short[i])==True):
      7         numberOfHumanFacesNew += 1
      8 

<ipython-input-21-2571015e10cd> in face_detector_lbpcascade(img_path)
     24     img = cv2.imread(img_path)
     25     gray = cv2.cvtColor(img, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
---> 26     faces = lbp_face_cascade.detectMultiScale(gray)
     27     return len(faces) > 0

error: /tmp/build/80754af9/opencv_1512491964794/work/modules/objdetect/src/cascadedetect.cpp:1698: error: (-215) !empty() in function detectMultiScale

Step 2: Detect Dogs

In this section, we use a pre-trained model to detect dogs in images.

Obtain Pre-trained VGG-16 Model

The code cell below downloads the VGG-16 model, along with weights that have been trained on ImageNet, a very large, very popular dataset used for image classification and other vision tasks. ImageNet contains over 10 million URLs, each linking to an image containing an object from one of 1000 categories.

In [26]:
import torch
import torchvision.models as models

# define VGG16 model
VGG16 = models.vgg16(pretrained=True)

# check if CUDA is available
use_cuda = torch.cuda.is_available()

# move model to GPU if CUDA is available
if use_cuda:
    VGG16 = VGG16.cuda()

Given an image, this pre-trained VGG-16 model returns a prediction (derived from the 1000 possible categories in ImageNet) for the object that is contained in the image.

(IMPLEMENTATION) Making Predictions with a Pre-trained Model

In the next code cell, you will write a function that accepts a path to an image (such as 'dogImages/train/001.Affenpinscher/Affenpinscher_00001.jpg') as input and returns the index corresponding to the ImageNet class that is predicted by the pre-trained VGG-16 model. The output should always be an integer between 0 and 999, inclusive.

Before writing the function, make sure that you take the time to learn how to appropriately pre-process tensors for pre-trained models in the PyTorch documentation.

In [27]:
from PIL import Image
import torchvision.transforms as transforms

def VGG16_predict(img_path):
    '''
    Use pre-trained VGG-16 model to obtain index corresponding to 
    predicted ImageNet class for image at specified path
    
    Args:
        img_path: path to an image
        
    Returns:
        Index corresponding to VGG-16 model's prediction
    '''
    
    ## TODO: Complete the function.
    ## Load and pre-process an image from the given img_path
    ## Return the *index* of the predicted class for that image
    
    #VGG-16 takes 224x224 images as an input so we need to resize all of them
    #Transform image so it can be used by VGG16
    data_transform= transforms.Compose([#transforms.Resize(224),
                                        transforms.RandomResizedCrop(224),
                                        transforms.ToTensor(),
                                      transforms.Normalize(
                                      mean=[0.485, 0.456, 0.406],
                                      std=[0.229, 0.224, 0.225])
                                       ])
    #Apply Transformation to image path
    
    img=Image.open(img_path)
    img_t= data_transform(img)
    batch= torch.unsqueeze(img_t, 0)
    #vgg16= models.vgg16(pretrained=True)
        
    VGG16.eval()
        
    out=VGG16(batch)
        
    out = out.data.numpy().argmax()  # prediction will be index of class label with the largest value.
    

    
    return out # predicted class index
In [6]:
#VGG16_predict("/dogImages/test/")

(IMPLEMENTATION) Write a Dog Detector

While looking at the dictionary, you will notice that the categories corresponding to dogs appear in an uninterrupted sequence and correspond to dictionary keys 151-268, inclusive, to include all categories from 'Chihuahua' to 'Mexican hairless'. Thus, in order to check to see if an image is predicted to contain a dog by the pre-trained VGG-16 model, we need only check if the pre-trained model predicts an index between 151 and 268 (inclusive).

Use these ideas to complete the dog_detector function below, which returns True if a dog is detected in an image (and False if not).

In [28]:
### returns "True" if a dog is detected in the image stored at img_path
def dog_detector(img_path):
    ## TODO: Complete the function.
    prediction=VGG16_predict(img_path)
    
    if(prediction>=151 and prediction<=268):
        return True
    else:
        return False
    
    #return None # true/false

(IMPLEMENTATION) Assess the Dog Detector

Question 2: Use the code cell below to test the performance of your dog_detector function.

  • What percentage of the images in human_files_short have a detected dog?
  • What percentage of the images in dog_files_short have a detected dog?

Answer:

In [11]:
### TODO: Test the performance of the dog_detector function
### on the images in human_files_short and dog_files_short.
humansInDogImages=0
dogsInDogImages=0

for i in range(len(human_files_short)):
#for human_faces in human_files_short:
    if dog_detector(human_files_short[i]):
        humansInDogImages+= 1
        
    elif dog_detector(dog_files_short[i]):
        dogsInDogImages+=1
    #print('Number of faces detected:', len(faces))
print (f"Detected dog faces in human images: {humansInDogImages}%")
print (f"Detected dogs in dog images: {dogsInDogImages}%")
Detected dog faces in human images: 2%
Detected dogs in dog images: 94%

We suggest VGG-16 as a potential network to detect dog images in your algorithm, but you are free to explore other pre-trained networks (such as Inception-v3, ResNet-50, etc). Please use the code cell below to test other pre-trained PyTorch models. If you decide to pursue this optional task, report performance on human_files_short and dog_files_short.

In [9]:
### (Optional) 
### TODO: Report the performance of another pre-trained network.
### Feel free to use as many code cells as needed.

Step 3: Create a CNN to Classify Dog Breeds (from Scratch)

Now that we have functions for detecting humans and dogs in images, we need a way to predict breed from images. In this step, you will create a CNN that classifies dog breeds. You must create your CNN from scratch (so, you can't use transfer learning yet!), and you must attain a test accuracy of at least 10%. In Step 4 of this notebook, you will have the opportunity to use transfer learning to create a CNN that attains greatly improved accuracy.

We mention that the task of assigning breed to dogs from images is considered exceptionally challenging. To see why, consider that even a human would have trouble distinguishing between a Brittany and a Welsh Springer Spaniel.

Brittany Welsh Springer Spaniel

It is not difficult to find other dog breed pairs with minimal inter-class variation (for instance, Curly-Coated Retrievers and American Water Spaniels).

Curly-Coated Retriever American Water Spaniel

Likewise, recall that labradors come in yellow, chocolate, and black. Your vision-based algorithm will have to conquer this high intra-class variation to determine how to classify all of these different shades as the same breed.

Yellow Labrador Chocolate Labrador Black Labrador

We also mention that random chance presents an exceptionally low bar: setting aside the fact that the classes are slightly imabalanced, a random guess will provide a correct answer roughly 1 in 133 times, which corresponds to an accuracy of less than 1%.

Remember that the practice is far ahead of the theory in deep learning. Experiment with many different architectures, and trust your intuition. And, of course, have fun!

(IMPLEMENTATION) Specify Data Loaders for the Dog Dataset

Use the code cell below to write three separate data loaders for the training, validation, and test datasets of dog images (located at dog_images/train, dog_images/valid, and dog_images/test, respectively). You may find this documentation on custom datasets to be a useful resource. If you are interested in augmenting your training and/or validation data, check out the wide variety of transforms!

In [1]:
import os
import numpy as np
import torch

import torchvision
from torchvision import datasets, models, transforms
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

%matplotlib inline
In [4]:
import os
from torchvision import datasets

### TODO: Write data loaders for training, validation, and test sets
## Specify appropriate transforms, and batch_sizes
# how many samples per batch to load
batch_size = 20

# number of subprocesses to use for data loading
num_workers = 2

# convert data to a normalized torch.FloatTensor
transform = transforms.Compose([transforms.Resize(size=224),
                                transforms.CenterCrop((224,224)),
                                transforms.RandomHorizontalFlip(), # randomly flip and rotate
                                transforms.RandomRotation(10),
                                transforms.ToTensor(),
                                transforms.Normalize(mean=[0.485, 0.456, 0.406], std=[0.229, 0.224, 0.225])])

transformValidTest = transforms.Compose([transforms.Resize(size=224),
                                transforms.ToTensor(),
                                transforms.Normalize(mean=[0.485, 0.456, 0.406], std=[0.229, 0.224, 0.225])])

# define training, test and validation data directories
data_dir = '/Users/jana/Documents/Deep_Learning_Udacity_Nanodegree/dog_app_1/dogImages'
In [5]:
### TODO: Write data loaders for training, validation, and test sets
## Specify appropriate transforms, and batch_sizes
train_dir= os.path.join(data_dir, 'train')
test_dir= os.path.join(data_dir,'test')
val_dir= os.path.join(data_dir, 'valid')



train_data= datasets.ImageFolder(train_dir, transform=transform)
val_data= datasets.ImageFolder(val_dir, transform= transformValidTest)
test_data= datasets.ImageFolder(test_dir, transform= transformValidTest)



batch_size=20
num_workers=0
train_loader= torch.utils.data.DataLoader(train_data,
                                        batch_size=batch_size,
                                        shuffle=True,
                                        num_workers=num_workers)

test_loader= torch.utils.data.DataLoader(test_data,
                                        batch_size=batch_size,
                                        shuffle=True,
                                        num_workers=num_workers)

valid_loader= torch.utils.data.DataLoader(val_data,
                                        batch_size=batch_size,
                                        shuffle=True,
                                        num_workers=num_workers)
image_datasets = {
    'train': train_data,
    'valid': val_data,
    'test': test_data
}

loaders_scratch = {
    'train': train_loader,
    'valid': valid_loader,
    'test': test_loader
}

# Better way using 2 lambda functions as below

#image_datasets = {x: datasets.ImageFolder(os.path.join(data_dir, x), transform)
                 # for x in ['train', 'valid', 'test']}
#loaders_scratch = {
    #x: torch.utils.data.DataLoader(image_datasets[x], shuffle=True, batch_size=batch_size, num_workers=num_workers)
    #for x in ['train', 'valid', 'test']}
In [34]:
# Get the all dog breed labels
class_names = image_datasets["train"].classes



print(class_names)
['001.Affenpinscher', '002.Afghan_hound', '003.Airedale_terrier', '004.Akita', '005.Alaskan_malamute', '006.American_eskimo_dog', '007.American_foxhound', '008.American_staffordshire_terrier', '009.American_water_spaniel', '010.Anatolian_shepherd_dog', '011.Australian_cattle_dog', '012.Australian_shepherd', '013.Australian_terrier', '014.Basenji', '015.Basset_hound', '016.Beagle', '017.Bearded_collie', '018.Beauceron', '019.Bedlington_terrier', '020.Belgian_malinois', '021.Belgian_sheepdog', '022.Belgian_tervuren', '023.Bernese_mountain_dog', '024.Bichon_frise', '025.Black_and_tan_coonhound', '026.Black_russian_terrier', '027.Bloodhound', '028.Bluetick_coonhound', '029.Border_collie', '030.Border_terrier', '031.Borzoi', '032.Boston_terrier', '033.Bouvier_des_flandres', '034.Boxer', '035.Boykin_spaniel', '036.Briard', '037.Brittany', '038.Brussels_griffon', '039.Bull_terrier', '040.Bulldog', '041.Bullmastiff', '042.Cairn_terrier', '043.Canaan_dog', '044.Cane_corso', '045.Cardigan_welsh_corgi', '046.Cavalier_king_charles_spaniel', '047.Chesapeake_bay_retriever', '048.Chihuahua', '049.Chinese_crested', '050.Chinese_shar-pei', '051.Chow_chow', '052.Clumber_spaniel', '053.Cocker_spaniel', '054.Collie', '055.Curly-coated_retriever', '056.Dachshund', '057.Dalmatian', '058.Dandie_dinmont_terrier', '059.Doberman_pinscher', '060.Dogue_de_bordeaux', '061.English_cocker_spaniel', '062.English_setter', '063.English_springer_spaniel', '064.English_toy_spaniel', '065.Entlebucher_mountain_dog', '066.Field_spaniel', '067.Finnish_spitz', '068.Flat-coated_retriever', '069.French_bulldog', '070.German_pinscher', '071.German_shepherd_dog', '072.German_shorthaired_pointer', '073.German_wirehaired_pointer', '074.Giant_schnauzer', '075.Glen_of_imaal_terrier', '076.Golden_retriever', '077.Gordon_setter', '078.Great_dane', '079.Great_pyrenees', '080.Greater_swiss_mountain_dog', '081.Greyhound', '082.Havanese', '083.Ibizan_hound', '084.Icelandic_sheepdog', '085.Irish_red_and_white_setter', '086.Irish_setter', '087.Irish_terrier', '088.Irish_water_spaniel', '089.Irish_wolfhound', '090.Italian_greyhound', '091.Japanese_chin', '092.Keeshond', '093.Kerry_blue_terrier', '094.Komondor', '095.Kuvasz', '096.Labrador_retriever', '097.Lakeland_terrier', '098.Leonberger', '099.Lhasa_apso', '100.Lowchen', '101.Maltese', '102.Manchester_terrier', '103.Mastiff', '104.Miniature_schnauzer', '105.Neapolitan_mastiff', '106.Newfoundland', '107.Norfolk_terrier', '108.Norwegian_buhund', '109.Norwegian_elkhound', '110.Norwegian_lundehund', '111.Norwich_terrier', '112.Nova_scotia_duck_tolling_retriever', '113.Old_english_sheepdog', '114.Otterhound', '115.Papillon', '116.Parson_russell_terrier', '117.Pekingese', '118.Pembroke_welsh_corgi', '119.Petit_basset_griffon_vendeen', '120.Pharaoh_hound', '121.Plott', '122.Pointer', '123.Pomeranian', '124.Poodle', '125.Portuguese_water_dog', '126.Saint_bernard', '127.Silky_terrier', '128.Smooth_fox_terrier', '129.Tibetan_mastiff', '130.Welsh_springer_spaniel', '131.Wirehaired_pointing_griffon', '132.Xoloitzcuintli', '133.Yorkshire_terrier']
In [23]:
from torchvision import utils

def visualize_sample_images(inp):
    inp = inp.numpy().transpose((1, 2, 0))
    inp = inp * np.array((0.229, 0.224, 0.225)) + np.array((0.485, 0.456, 0.406))
    inp = np.clip(inp, 0, 1)
    
    fig = plt.figure(figsize=(60, 25))
    plt.axis('off')
    plt.imshow(inp)
    plt.pause(0.001)
    
# Get a batch of training data.    
inputs, classes = next(iter(loaders_scratch['train']))

# Convert the batch to a grid.
grid = utils.make_grid(inputs, nrow=5)

# Display!
visualize_sample_images(grid)

Question 3: Describe your chosen procedure for preprocessing the data.

  • How does your code resize the images (by cropping, stretching, etc)? What size did you pick for the input tensor, and why?
  • Did you decide to augment the dataset? If so, how (through translations, flips, rotations, etc)? If not, why not?

Answer:My code uses:

  1. Resize resizes the image to 224x224
  2. RandomResizedCrop as it will random scale the image and crop it and then resize it to 224x224 (required for VGG16 input and kept here for comparison purposes).
  3. RandomHorizontalFlip to improve the learning algorithm later by providing it also with dog faces not facing the camera directly. Other forms of augmentations can be implemented based on the accuracy of the CNN at a later stage
  4. RandomRotation rotates the image at random with an angle of 10deg
  5. ToTensor was used to convert the image data from 0-255 to a range of 0-1
  6. Normalisation was used to help the CNN to learn faster & better by reducing the range of the data and its skewness

(IMPLEMENTATION) Model Architecture

Create a CNN to classify dog breed. Use the template in the code cell below.

In [35]:
import torch.nn as nn
import torch.nn.functional as F

# define the CNN architecture
class Net(nn.Module):
    ### TODO: choose an architecture, and complete the class
    def __init__(self):
        super(Net, self).__init__()
        ## Define layers of a CNN
        
        self.conv1 = nn.Conv2d(3, 16, 3, padding=1)
        # convolutional layer (sees 16x16x16 tensor)
        self.conv2 = nn.Conv2d(16, 32, 3, padding=1)
        # convolutional layer (sees 8x8x32 tensor)
        self.conv3 = nn.Conv2d(32, 64, 3, padding=1)

        # max pooling layer
        self.pool = nn.MaxPool2d(2, 2)
        # linear layer (64 * 28 * 28 -> 500)
        self.fc1 = nn.Linear(64 * 28 * 28, 500)
        # linear layer (500 -> 133)
        self.fc2 = nn.Linear(500, 133)
        # dropout layer (p=0.25)
        self.dropout = nn.Dropout(0.25)
        
    
    def forward(self, x):
        ## Define forward behavior
        x = F.relu(self.conv1(x))
        x = self.pool(x)
        
        # add dropout layer
        x = self.dropout(x)
        
        x = F.relu(self.conv2(x))
        x = self.pool(x)
        
        # add dropout layer
        x = self.dropout(x)
        
        x = F.relu(self.conv3(x))
        x = self.pool(x)

        # add dropout layer
        x = self.dropout(x)
        
        # flatten image input
        # 64 * 28 * 28         
        #x = x.view(-1, 64 * 28 * 28)
        x = x.view(x.size(0), -1)
        
        # add 1st hidden layer, with relu activation function
        x = F.relu(self.fc1(x))
        
        # add dropout layer
        x = self.dropout(x)
        
        # add 2nd hidden layer, with relu activation function
        x = self.fc2(x)
        return x

#-#-# You so NOT have to modify the code below this line. #-#-#

# instantiate the CNN
model_scratch = Net()
print(model_scratch)

# move tensors to GPU if CUDA is available
if use_cuda:
    model_scratch.cuda()
Net(
  (conv1): Conv2d(3, 16, kernel_size=(3, 3), stride=(1, 1), padding=(1, 1))
  (conv2): Conv2d(16, 32, kernel_size=(3, 3), stride=(1, 1), padding=(1, 1))
  (conv3): Conv2d(32, 64, kernel_size=(3, 3), stride=(1, 1), padding=(1, 1))
  (pool): MaxPool2d(kernel_size=2, stride=2, padding=0, dilation=1, ceil_mode=False)
  (fc1): Linear(in_features=50176, out_features=500, bias=True)
  (fc2): Linear(in_features=500, out_features=133, bias=True)
  (dropout): Dropout(p=0.25)
)
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Question 4: Outline the steps you took to get to your final CNN architecture and your reasoning at each step.

Answer: I start off with an image of size 224x224x3 (as it is a colour image).

1st Convoloution: Creates 224x224x16 image just increasing the depth

1st Pooling: Creates a 112x112x16 image as pooling is (2,2)

2nd Convolution: Increasing the depth by a factor of 2 resulting in a 112x112x32 image

2nd Pooling: Creates a 56x56x32 image as pooling is (2,2)

3rd Convolution: Increasing the depth by a factor of 2 resulting in a 56x56x64 image

3rd Pooling: Creates a 28x28x64 image as pooling is (2,2)

The depth was doubled during each convolution as it proofed to be sufficient in extracting relevant features, which is also true for the number of convololutional layers

After flattening the 28x28x64 tensor it is fed into the linear layer. Here the linear layer is reduced to 500 output values before using another linear layer to reduce it to 133 values which is equivalent to the amount of possible dog classes. Relu functions are applied at each step (for the convolution and linear layers)as an activation function whilst dropout functions are used to avoid overfitting by ignoring neurons at random during the training. The second linear layer has no activation function applied as CrossEntropyLoss is used as a loss function which automatically applies the softmax activation function to the second linear layer

(IMPLEMENTATION) Specify Loss Function and Optimizer

Use the next code cell to specify a loss function and optimizer. Save the chosen loss function as criterion_scratch, and the optimizer as optimizer_scratch below.

In [37]:
import torch.optim as optim

### TODO: select loss function
criterion_scratch = nn.CrossEntropyLoss()

### TODO: select optimizer
optimizer_scratch = optim.SGD(model_scratch.parameters(), lr=0.01)

(IMPLEMENTATION) Train and Validate the Model

Train and validate your model in the code cell below. Save the final model parameters at filepath 'model_scratch.pt'.

In [38]:
from PIL import ImageFile
ImageFile.LOAD_TRUNCATED_IMAGES = True
In [39]:
def train(n_epochs, loaders, model, optimizer, criterion, use_cuda, save_path):
    """returns trained model"""
    # initialize tracker for minimum validation loss
    valid_loss_min = np.Inf 
    
    for epoch in range(1, n_epochs+1):
        # initialize variables to monitor training and validation loss
        train_loss = 0.0
        valid_loss = 0.0
        
        ###################
        # train the model #
        ###################
        model.train()
        for batch_idx, (data, target) in enumerate(loaders['train']):
            # move to GPU
            if use_cuda:
                data, target = data.cuda(), target.cuda()
            ## find the loss and update the model parameters accordingly
            ## record the average training loss, using something like
            ## train_loss = train_loss + ((1 / (batch_idx + 1)) * (loss.data - train_loss))
            
            optimizer.zero_grad()
            
            output=model(data)
            
            loss=criterion(output,target)
            
            loss.backward()
            
            optimizer.step()
            
            train_loss+= loss.item()* data.size(0)
            
            
        ######################    
        # validate the model #
        ######################
        model.eval()
        for batch_idx, (data, target) in enumerate(loaders['valid']):
            # move to GPU
            if use_cuda:
                data, target = data.cuda(), target.cuda()
            ## update the average validation loss
                        
            output=model(data)
            
            loss= criterion(output,target)
            
            valid_loss += loss.item()*data.size(0)
            
        train_loss= train_loss/len(loaders['train'].dataset)
        valid_loss= valid_loss/ len(loaders['valid'].dataset)

            
        # print training/validation statistics 
        print('Epoch: {} \tTraining Loss: {:.6f} \tValidation Loss: {:.6f}'.format(
            epoch, 
            train_loss,
            valid_loss
            ))
        
        ## TODO: save the model if validation loss has decreased
        if valid_loss<= valid_loss_min:
            print("Validation loss decreased ({:.6f} --> {:.6f}).    Saving model ...".format(
                valid_loss_min,
                valid_loss))
            torch.save(model.state_dict(), save_path)
            #torch.save(model.state_dict(), '/Users/jana/Documents/Deep_Learning_Udacity_Nanodegree/Cat_Dog_data/train/model_scratch.pt')
            valid_loss_min= valid_loss
            
    # return trained model
    return model


# train the model
model_scratch = train(20, loaders_scratch, model_scratch, optimizer_scratch, 
                      criterion_scratch, use_cuda, 'model_scratch.pt')

# load the model that got the best validation accuracy
model_scratch.load_state_dict(torch.load('model_scratch.pt'))
Epoch: 1 	Training Loss: 4.878242 	Validation Loss: 4.853695
Validation loss decreased (inf --> 4.853695).    Saving model ...
Epoch: 2 	Training Loss: 4.738195 	Validation Loss: 4.666070
Validation loss decreased (4.853695 --> 4.666070).    Saving model ...
Epoch: 3 	Training Loss: 4.573329 	Validation Loss: 4.545748
Validation loss decreased (4.666070 --> 4.545748).    Saving model ...
Epoch: 4 	Training Loss: 4.412026 	Validation Loss: 4.433909
Validation loss decreased (4.545748 --> 4.433909).    Saving model ...
Epoch: 5 	Training Loss: 4.299722 	Validation Loss: 4.346396
Validation loss decreased (4.433909 --> 4.346396).    Saving model ...
Epoch: 6 	Training Loss: 4.230496 	Validation Loss: 4.292626
Validation loss decreased (4.346396 --> 4.292626).    Saving model ...
Epoch: 7 	Training Loss: 4.145452 	Validation Loss: 4.273766
Validation loss decreased (4.292626 --> 4.273766).    Saving model ...
Epoch: 8 	Training Loss: 4.078071 	Validation Loss: 4.251492
Validation loss decreased (4.273766 --> 4.251492).    Saving model ...
Epoch: 9 	Training Loss: 4.001757 	Validation Loss: 4.217163
Validation loss decreased (4.251492 --> 4.217163).    Saving model ...
Epoch: 10 	Training Loss: 3.945862 	Validation Loss: 4.143395
Validation loss decreased (4.217163 --> 4.143395).    Saving model ...
Epoch: 11 	Training Loss: 3.851654 	Validation Loss: 4.127179
Validation loss decreased (4.143395 --> 4.127179).    Saving model ...
Epoch: 12 	Training Loss: 3.792490 	Validation Loss: 4.145029
Epoch: 13 	Training Loss: 3.714578 	Validation Loss: 4.133183
Epoch: 14 	Training Loss: 3.634033 	Validation Loss: 4.119069
Validation loss decreased (4.127179 --> 4.119069).    Saving model ...
Epoch: 15 	Training Loss: 3.556279 	Validation Loss: 4.108053
Validation loss decreased (4.119069 --> 4.108053).    Saving model ...
Epoch: 16 	Training Loss: 3.453390 	Validation Loss: 4.091366
Validation loss decreased (4.108053 --> 4.091366).    Saving model ...
Epoch: 17 	Training Loss: 3.386414 	Validation Loss: 4.094571
Epoch: 18 	Training Loss: 3.256166 	Validation Loss: 4.087328
Validation loss decreased (4.091366 --> 4.087328).    Saving model ...
Epoch: 19 	Training Loss: 3.168777 	Validation Loss: 4.063201
Validation loss decreased (4.087328 --> 4.063201).    Saving model ...
Epoch: 20 	Training Loss: 3.068992 	Validation Loss: 4.053936
Validation loss decreased (4.063201 --> 4.053936).    Saving model ...
In [46]:
model_scratch2 = train(5, loaders_scratch, model_scratch, optimizer_scratch, 
                      criterion_scratch, use_cuda, 'model_scratch.pt')
Epoch: 1 	Training Loss: 2.945865 	Validation Loss: 4.089327
Validation loss decreased (inf --> 4.089327).    Saving model ...
Epoch: 2 	Training Loss: 2.846059 	Validation Loss: 4.123204
Epoch: 3 	Training Loss: 2.724319 	Validation Loss: 4.128024
Epoch: 4 	Training Loss: 2.586366 	Validation Loss: 4.172778
Epoch: 5 	Training Loss: 2.467650 	Validation Loss: 4.230458

(IMPLEMENTATION) Test the Model

Try out your model on the test dataset of dog images. Use the code cell below to calculate and print the test loss and accuracy. Ensure that your test accuracy is greater than 10%.

In [47]:
def test(loaders, model, criterion, use_cuda):

    # monitor test loss and accuracy
    test_loss = 0.
    correct = 0.
    total = 0.

    model.eval()
    for batch_idx, (data, target) in enumerate(loaders['test']):
        # move to GPU
        if use_cuda:
            data, target = data.cuda(), target.cuda()
        # forward pass: compute predicted outputs by passing inputs to the model
        output = model(data)
        # calculate the loss
        loss = criterion(output, target)
        # update average test loss 
        test_loss = test_loss + ((1 / (batch_idx + 1)) * (loss.data - test_loss))
        # convert output probabilities to predicted class
        pred = output.data.max(1, keepdim=True)[1]
        # compare predictions to true label
        correct += np.sum(np.squeeze(pred.eq(target.data.view_as(pred))).cpu().numpy())
        total += data.size(0)
            
    print('Test Loss: {:.6f}\n'.format(test_loss))

    print('\nTest Accuracy: %2d%% (%2d/%2d)' % (
        100. * correct / total, correct, total))

# call test function    
test(loaders_scratch, model_scratch2, criterion_scratch, use_cuda)
Test Loss: 4.302440


Test Accuracy: 11% (95/836)

Step 4: Create a CNN to Classify Dog Breeds (using Transfer Learning)

You will now use transfer learning to create a CNN that can identify dog breed from images. Your CNN must attain at least 60% accuracy on the test set.

(IMPLEMENTATION) Specify Data Loaders for the Dog Dataset

Use the code cell below to write three separate data loaders for the training, validation, and test datasets of dog images (located at dogImages/train, dogImages/valid, and dogImages/test, respectively).

If you like, you are welcome to use the same data loaders from the previous step, when you created a CNN from scratch.

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In [41]:
## TODO: Specify data loaders
loaders_transfer = loaders_scratch

(IMPLEMENTATION) Model Architecture

Use transfer learning to create a CNN to classify dog breed. Use the code cell below, and save your initialized model as the variable model_transfer.

In [55]:
import torchvision.models as models
import torch.nn as nn

#number of dog breed classes
classes=133
## TODO: Specify model architecture 
model_transfer= models.vgg16(pretrained=True)

#freeze parameters
for param in model_transfer.features.parameters():
    param.requires_grad= False

n_inputs= model_transfer.classifier[6].in_features

# add last linear layer (n_inputs -> 133 dog classes)
# new layers automatically have requires_grad = True
last_layer = nn.Linear(n_inputs, classes)

model_transfer.classifier[6]= last_layer


if use_cuda:
    model_transfer = model_transfer.cuda()
    

# check to see that your last layer produces the expected number of outputs
print(model_transfer.classifier[6].out_features)
133

Question 5: Outline the steps you took to get to your final CNN architecture and your reasoning at each step. Describe why you think the architecture is suitable for the current problem.

Answer: I used a pre-trained VGG16 model as pre-trained models as it saves a significant amount of training time. However, in order to match the output of the VGG to the number of dog breed classes the last layer has to be replaced by a fully connected layer.

(IMPLEMENTATION) Specify Loss Function and Optimizer

Use the next code cell to specify a loss function and optimizer. Save the chosen loss function as criterion_transfer, and the optimizer as optimizer_transfer below.

In [56]:
import torch.optim as optim

criterion_transfer = nn.CrossEntropyLoss()
optimizer_transfer = optim.SGD(model_transfer.classifier.parameters(), lr=0.01)

(IMPLEMENTATION) Train and Validate the Model

Train and validate your model in the code cell below. Save the final model parameters at filepath 'model_transfer.pt'.

In [48]:
# train the model


model_transfer = train(15, loaders_transfer, model_transfer, optimizer_transfer, criterion_transfer, use_cuda, 'model_transfer.pt')

# load the model that got the best validation accuracy (uncomment the line below)
model_transfer.load_state_dict(torch.load('model_transfer.pt'))
Epoch: 1 	Training Loss: 0.892792 	Validation Loss: 0.552232
Validation loss decreased (inf --> 0.552232).    Saving model ...
Epoch: 2 	Training Loss: 0.594612 	Validation Loss: 0.529377
Validation loss decreased (0.552232 --> 0.529377).    Saving model ...
Epoch: 3 	Training Loss: 0.479964 	Validation Loss: 0.523219
Validation loss decreased (0.529377 --> 0.523219).    Saving model ...
Epoch: 4 	Training Loss: 0.388034 	Validation Loss: 0.499293
Validation loss decreased (0.523219 --> 0.499293).    Saving model ...
Epoch: 5 	Training Loss: 0.323492 	Validation Loss: 0.459187
Validation loss decreased (0.499293 --> 0.459187).    Saving model ...
Epoch: 6 	Training Loss: 0.265261 	Validation Loss: 0.474781
Epoch: 7 	Training Loss: 0.243103 	Validation Loss: 0.463176
Epoch: 8 	Training Loss: 0.214948 	Validation Loss: 0.487100
Epoch: 9 	Training Loss: 0.190654 	Validation Loss: 0.504755
Epoch: 10 	Training Loss: 0.166869 	Validation Loss: 0.401207
Validation loss decreased (0.459187 --> 0.401207).    Saving model ...
Epoch: 11 	Training Loss: 0.149125 	Validation Loss: 0.468941
Epoch: 12 	Training Loss: 0.142514 	Validation Loss: 0.465225
Epoch: 13 	Training Loss: 0.114365 	Validation Loss: 0.444593
Epoch: 14 	Training Loss: 0.120659 	Validation Loss: 0.505104
Epoch: 15 	Training Loss: 0.095233 	Validation Loss: 0.493560

(IMPLEMENTATION) Test the Model

Try out your model on the test dataset of dog images. Use the code cell below to calculate and print the test loss and accuracy. Ensure that your test accuracy is greater than 60%.

In [49]:
test(loaders_transfer, model_transfer, criterion_transfer, use_cuda)
Test Loss: 0.506535


Test Accuracy: 86% (722/836)

(IMPLEMENTATION) Predict Dog Breed with the Model

Write a function that takes an image path as input and returns the dog breed (Affenpinscher, Afghan hound, etc) that is predicted by your model.

In [48]:
### TODO: Write a function that takes a path to an image as input
### and returns the dog breed that is predicted by the model.

# list of class names by index, i.e. a name can be accessed like class_names[0]
class_names = [item[4:].replace("_", " ") for item in image_datasets['train'].classes]

def predict_breed_transfer(img_path):
    # load the image and return the predicted breed
    img= Image.open(img_path)
    
    data_transform= transforms.Compose([#transforms.Resize(224),
                                        transforms.RandomResizedCrop(224),
                                        transforms.ToTensor(),
                                      transforms.Normalize(
                                      mean=[0.485, 0.456, 0.406],
                                      std=[0.229, 0.224, 0.225])
                                       ])
    img_t= data_transform(img)
    batch= torch.unsqueeze(img_t,0)
    
    model_transfer.eval()
    
    out= model_transfer(batch)
    
    out=out.data.numpy().argmax()
    
    return class_names[out]
In [54]:
#test the function above
img_path=human_files_short[2]
In [50]:
def printImage(img_path, prediction):
    prediction=predict_breed_transfer(img_path)
    #print(prediction)
    image= Image.open(img_path)
    plt.title(print("You look like a {0}".format(prediction)))
    plt.imshow(image)
    plt.show()

Step 5: Write your Algorithm

Write an algorithm that accepts a file path to an image and first determines whether the image contains a human, dog, or neither. Then,

  • if a dog is detected in the image, return the predicted breed.
  • if a human is detected in the image, return the resembling dog breed.
  • if neither is detected in the image, provide output that indicates an error.

You are welcome to write your own functions for detecting humans and dogs in images, but feel free to use the face_detector and human_detector functions developed above. You are required to use your CNN from Step 4 to predict dog breed.

Some sample output for our algorithm is provided below, but feel free to design your own user experience!

Sample Human Output

(IMPLEMENTATION) Write your Algorithm

In [51]:
### TODO: Write your algorithm.
### Feel free to use as many code cells as needed.
import cv2   

def run_app(img_path):
    ## handle cases for a human face, dog, and neither
    
    img = cv2.imread(img_path)
    
    if(dog_detector(img_path) is True):
        print("Hello dog \n")
        prediction= predict_breed_transfer(img_path)
        printImage(img_path, prediction)
    
        
    elif(face_detector(img_path)> 0):
        print("Hello human\n")
        prediction=predict_breed_transfer(img_path)
        printImage(img_path, prediction)
        
    else:
        print("Hello there\nWho or what are you?")
        image= Image.open(img_path)
        plt.imshow(image)
        plt.show()
        
    
    
    

Step 6: Test Your Algorithm

In this section, you will take your new algorithm for a spin! What kind of dog does the algorithm think that you look like? If you have a dog, does it predict your dog's breed accurately? If you have a cat, does it mistakenly think that your cat is a dog?

(IMPLEMENTATION) Test Your Algorithm on Sample Images!

Test your algorithm at least six images on your computer. Feel free to use any images you like. Use at least two human and two dog images.

Question 6: Is the output better than you expected :) ? Or worse :( ? Provide at least three possible points of improvement for your algorithm.

Answer: (Three possible points for improvement)

  1. Using a different pre trained model because some of the predictions are wrong not
  2. Use more initial data transformations such as flipping etc
  3. Use different optimiser and loss functions to see if they would yield better results
In [52]:
test_files = np.array(glob("/Users/jana/Documents/Deep_Learning_Udacity_Nanodegree/dog_app/My_Images_Dog_Project/*"))
print(len(test_files))
12
In [57]:
## TODO: Execute your algorithm from Step 6 on
## at least 6 images on your computer.
## Feel free to use as many code cells as needed.
import numpy as np

## suggested code, below
for file in np.hstack(test_files):
    run_app(file)
Hello dog 

You look like a Mastiff
Hello dog 

You look like a German shorthaired pointer
Hello dog 

You look like a Plott
Hello human

You look like a German wirehaired pointer
Hello human

You look like a Irish wolfhound
Hello dog 

You look like a Border collie
Hello human

You look like a Norfolk terrier
Hello human

You look like a Border terrier
Hello dog 

You look like a Giant schnauzer
Hello dog 

You look like a Pharaoh hound
Hello human

You look like a Irish wolfhound
Hello there
Who or what are you?
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